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noun

Nicety n. (pl. niceties)

The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.). "The miller smiled of her nicety."

Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.

A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction. "The fineness and niceties of words."

To a nicety, with great exactness or accuracy.

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Etymology of 'Nicety'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nicety" Quotes from Famous Books

... offensive, it is because it is strained or feigned; for there may be quite as much intolerable affectation in plainness as in mincing nicety. All that the captain said and did was honestly according to his nature; and his nature was open nature and good nature; therefore, when he paid this little compliment, and expressed with a sparkle or two of his knowing eye, "I ...

— A Message from the Sea • Charles Dickens

... hardness so that they would not break up into granules of smaller size. The trouble due to the settling of the granules and wedging the electrodes apart has been practically eliminated in well-designed instruments, by great mechanical nicety in manufacture. ...

— Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 - A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. • Kempster Miller

... the king, the queen, and the Duke of Orleans, on their camp beds. The lieutenant's entrance produced a burst of laughter in the great drawing-room; but he did not appear to notice that he was the object of general attention, but began to arrange, with so much cleverness, nicety and gayety, his straw bed, that the mouths of all these poor creatures, who could not go to sleep, began ...

— Twenty Years After • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... about, and Marrin kept patting him on the back: "Delightful! Fine! You're my style, Mr. Blaine—everything done to a nicety, no frills and feathers. Isn't New York a great town? There are things happening in it you'd never ...

— The Nine-Tenths • James Oppenheim

... these rocky countries, of which I guessed the length by standing against it. In this there could be no great errour, nor do I much doubt but the Highlander, whom we employed, reported the number right. More nicety however is better, and no man should travel unprovided with instruments for ...

— A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland • Samuel Johnson

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